As of today, Lee Health has:
– 137 COVID-19 patients isolated in our hospitals (inpatient).
– Of these patients, 6 of them are children being treated at Golisano Children’s Hospital of Southwest Florida.
– Yesterday, we had 14 new COVID-19 hospital admissions and 32 COVID-19 discharges.
– 69% of our ventilators and 17% of our ICU rooms are available for use. We have 26 COVID-19 patients on ventilators and 38 in the intensive care unit.
– This morning, census was at 85% of staffed operational bed capacity.
– Since the start of the pandemic, 1,169 patients have lost their lives inside our hospitals to COVID-19, including 8 yesterday.